I just spent a few minutes watching a video clip of David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) delivering a speech to some techies for Startup School about “The Secret to Making Money”.

The fact that I just said that indicates that I’m some kind of techie myself, and that this blog is going to be about programming, web applications, and computer games.

It’s not.

As much as my tech work pays the bills and that I do have an insatiable desire to solve problems with it, the point of the DHH clip (if you watch it) will summarize some values to which this blog subscribes to.

In a nutshell, it’s about life. Your life, and mine.

Leapwalking is a term I use to describe how we live that life - it’s like walking (to get to somewhere), but the way in which we walk allows us to arrive at our destination faster or better.

I believe that there are way too many confusing signals in today’s world. And there’s just not enough time to consume, let alone process, all of that information. We have but 24 hours to make decisions ranging from what food we eat to what person we should become, and everyone seems to be going in all different directions.

Leapwalking is a way to make a decision about our lives - in a way that doesn’t make our neighbors go crazy, in a way that doesn’t require nuclear reactors or traveling to space or becoming the next President.

If you had a choice to make today, and that small choice to make a difference, that would be enough - no matter whether that difference would be big or small.

That’s what leapwalking is all about. To conscious effort to make the right choices, with our own abilities and opportunities, and due respect to the people around us.